Gonadotropin-releasing hormone requirements for ovulation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 303-309

  Karsch, Fred J ^a   Bowen, Jennifer M ^a   Caraty, Alain ^b   Evans, Neil P ^a,c   Moenter, Suzanne M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^c BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; REGULATOR GENE;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVULATION; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031055858     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.2.303     Document Type: Article

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